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At the start of the lockdown in March 2020 our Asset Management and Investment Funds Team initiated regular webinars to keep in touch with our clients, the director community and contacts. The purpose of this new podcast series is to provide you with these updates in a revised format. In this episode, Sarah Cunniff, Partner, introduces an extract of the recording of the specific webinar on the Central Bank thematic review on liquidity risk management which was broadcast on 29 May 2020 and in which Dara Harrington, Partner, discussed these requirements.

Of course, there have been some developments since that webinar was broadcast and so at the end of the podcast Sarah is joined by Tara O’Reilly, Partner and Co-Head of the Asset Management and Investment Funds Team, who will provide some detail on what has been happening since the time the webinar was first broadcast.

In May 2020, the Central Bank commenced the second stage of its thematic review of UCITS liquidity management which was conducted as part of ESMA’s common supervisory action on liquidity risk management. It has always been a requirement for Irish fund management companies to manage liquidity risks but a detailed framework reflecting the ESMA guidelines on liquidity risk management needed to be documented by Irish fund management companies by September 2020.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

In the fourth episode of our Company Law: Back to Basics series, Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel, is joined by Aisling Carey, Professional Support Lawyer, and Tom Courtney, Partner, to discuss the Summary Approval Procedure, or SAP as it is often referred to.

The Summary Approval Procedure was one the key innovations introduced under the Companies Act 2014. Once again, it’s a great opportunity for our listeners to get Tom’s insight on the background and origins to this provision, as Tom was Chair of the Company Law Review Group who advised on many aspects of the Companies Act 2014, including the summary approval procedure.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

At the start of the lockdown in March 2020 our Asset Management and Investment Funds Team initiated regular webinars to keep in touch with our clients, the director community and contacts. The purpose of this new podcast series is to provide you with these updates in a revised format. In this episode, Sarah Cunniff, Partner, introduces an extract of the recording of the specific webinar on 24 April 2020 on the requirement to conduct an annual investment manager review as per the Central Bank’s guidance CP86. This webinar was presented by Kevin Murphy, Partner and Co-Head of the Asset Management and Investment Funds Team.

Of course, there have been some developments since that webinar was broadcast and so at the end of the podcast Sarah is joined by Tara O’Reilly, Partner and Co-Head of the Asset Management and Investment Funds Team, who will provide some detail on what has been happening since the time the webinar was first broadcast.

One of the requirements of CP86 is that the board of an Irish fund management company receives and should be satisfied with a comprehensive annual presentation from the investment manager. These requirements were also added to by the Central Bank in a letter it sent to UCITS managers in July 2019. This requirement to have an annual presentation from the investment manager to the board of an Irish fund management company is included in our regulatory calendars for our Irish fund clients and is a requirement that needs to be evidenced by Irish fund management companies.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

At the start of the lockdown in March 2020 our Asset Management and Investment Funds Team initiated regular webinars to keep in touch with our clients, the director community and contacts. The purpose of this new podcast series is to provide you with these updates in a revised format. In this first episode, Sarah Cunniff, Partner, introduces an extract of the recording of the specific webinar on the CP86 findings which was broadcast on 23 October 2020.

In October 2020, the Central Bank issued findings arising from its review of the implementation by Irish fund management companies of CP86, its Fund Management Guidance. These findings were the culmination of a three stage review process over an 18 month period by the Central Bank and it identified significant shortcomings in staffing levels, the oversight of delegates and the investment management processes for certain Irish management companies. Importantly, it required all Irish fund management companies to critically assess their operating models in the light of these findings.

Of course, there have been some developments since that webinar was broadcast and so at the end of the podcast Sarah is joined by Tara O’Reilly, Partner and Co-Head of the Asset Management and Investment Funds Team, who will provide some detail on what has been happening since the time the webinar was first broadcast.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

Welcome back to the third episode in our new series of audio-briefings looking at legal and regulatory developments from a corporate law perspective. In this episode, Suzanne Carey and Aisling Carey, both Professional Support Lawyers, are joined by Tom Courtney, a partner here at Arthur Cox and the author of the Law of Companies, regarded as the leading text on company law in Ireland. Tom also chaired the Company Law Review Group, or CLRG as it is known, for 18 years, the group who recommended the structure and content of what is now the Companies Act 2014.

Our Company Law: Back to Basics topic of today is Directors’ Compliance Statements.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

In this episode, Suzanne Kearney and Aisling Carey, both Professional Support Lawyers in the Corporate and M&A Department, are joined by Tom Courtney, Partner at Arthur Cox, who many of you will be familiar with from your bookshelves as the author of The Law of Companies, regarded as the leading text on company law in Ireland. Tom also chaired the Company Law Review Group for 18 years, the group who recommended the structure and content of what is now the Companies Act 2014.

The team will cover some recent developments from a company law, corporate governance and equity capital markets perspective over the past few weeks.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

Can you claim legal privilege over documents in a Data Protection Commission investigation? How does the DPC assess claims to legal privilege? What, if anything, can we learn about the DPC's developing views on legal privilege from it's 2020 annual report?

In this episode, Sinéad Reilly, Professional Support lawyer is joined by Richard Willis, Partner, Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations to answer these questions.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

Without doubt, the impact of COVID-19 and the requirement for employees to work remotely has drawn employers’ health and safety obligations more sharply into focus.

In this episode, Kevin Langford, a partner in the Employment Law group at Arthur Cox is joined by Sarah Faulkner, associate in the Employment group, to examine some key considerations for employers in the context of their obligations to maintain a safe place of work while employees are

working remotely.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

What does the 2020 Data Protection Commissions annual report tell us about the approach, the views, the strategy of the Data Protection Commission? To discuss this, Sinéad Reilly is joined by Colin Rooney, a partner in our Technology and Innovation team; Richard Willis, a partner in our Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations team; and Rachel Barry, an associate in our Employment team.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

This is the first episode in our new series of audio-briefings looking at legal and regulatory developments from a corporate law perspective.

AGMs, Brexit and Market Abuse, those are just some of the topics we have been discussing over the last few weeks. In this episode of the Corporate and M&A Update, Suzanne Kearney and Aisling Carey, both Professional Support Lawyers in the Corporate and M&A Department at Arthur Cox, look at some of the recent developments in the areas of company law, corporate governance and equity capital markets.

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.